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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
"Quad bike" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The theory is that, if you drink a small amount of whisky after a belly-full of beer all that will h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Officially a shandy (or shandygaff) is beer and lemonade. If it's made with ginger beer then it's a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote: "Go" = "Scapa Flow" or "Scapa" is correct. Scapa Flow is where the Royal Navy has a large ba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The definition in the beer dictionary is quite correct although less comprehensive than my own. Ric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Did you know that, in the entire panoply of Sherlock Holmes stories, that phrase was NEVER used? Ri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Proununciations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "In the UK paw, pour and pore are homophones" Whe I was in primary school (I would have been......
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Discussion Topic  Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The posting in the Rainbows thread prompted me to start a thread about that underrated verse form, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Your confusion is understandable. There are four quite different words spelt gill, and there are tw......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This is one recipe where the instruction, "weigh out the ingredients carefully" applies in full meas......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Arnie's definitions are as I learnt them and I believe correct for UK English. The OED suggests tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "Why would the brewers not use plain, ordinary unsprouted grain? What is the purpose of sprou......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Are you speaking of US English or British English? The answers are different for each language. In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is quite common to read, in the less worthy press, statements along the lines of: "...Half the sc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Common, but usually incorrect and permissable only when needed to avoid ambiguity as in my "U's; US;......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This has been discussed at great length on the FOTA board and the usual bugbear is the apostrophe's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As Mr Bumble said! I will, but later as I'm away today. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that pauses are the only devices that good public speakers use. There are, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I heard somewhere that you could tell a person's nationality by the way in which he would react if a......
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